a little about hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy is​Self-hypnosis

​You're in control & can come out of the trance state at any time. You actually induce the trance yourself. I'm just a guide.

You won't do anything against your moral & ethical codes. Forget about Stage Hypnotism & fears of clucking like a chicken against your will!

Hypnotherapy doesn't make you look weak. It requires focus & concentration, a sign of intelligence.

Hypnosis is a natural state of mind & is happening all the time. Have you ever been completely engrossed (entranced) in a good book or movie?...

Hypnotherapy feels good! You can relax mentally & physically, experiencing a capacity to learn and to change in beneficial ways you may not have realized are available to you. The more you relax, the better you feel...

Yes, it can be a peaceful path to positive change in the performance of our everyday lives if we so choose...

​"The hypnotic self is a powerful set of trance phenomena. Growing up from infancy to early adulthood means being in the cultural and familial hypnotist’s arena 24 hours a day! ... Children learn by modeling; they are master mimics. Thus begins the process of self-hypnosis (or self-talk, if you like). Have you ever had the opportunity to eavesdrop on a young child playing with toys while he is repeating the judgments he has heard about himself in an innocent, singsong voice? We master these skills of hypnosis very early in life.” ​​- Jack Elias, CHT, Finding True Magic: Transpersonal Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy

﻿“Abandoned to the whims of others, we must wander daily through the wish to be loved and the fear of rejection before we can be productive. Categorized 'good' or 'bad' from birth (a 'good' baby does not cry too much) we become so enmeshed with the tenuous threads of approval/disapproval that we are creatively paralyzed. We see with others’ eyes and smell with others’ noses.” - Viola Spolin, Improvisation for the Theater​

Unconscious Mind

During hypnosis, you're not going to be out-cold or rendered unconscious. Rather we're dealing with the unconscious mind. Milton H. Erickson, M.D. believed the unconscious mind to be all of the knowing, perceiving, understanding, & emotions that occurs automatically, outside of our normal range of awareness, & the language of the unconscious mind to be imagination & metaphor. So, he developed indirect or conversational hypnosis, a more subtle approach to hypnosis based on language patterns, rapport, & trust.

﻿​"The number of activities our unconscious mind carries out for us is astounding and humbling… Walking, talking, driving a car, finding unique solutions to puzzles, suddenly remembering to do something important, sensing the hidden implications of another’s movement, and even the ability to ignore distracting sensations and perceptions all depend upon unconscious activities...